Led an NYC Audubon hike on Staten Island yesterday, in conjunction with the
Greenbelt Conservancy. We hiked up "Moses Mountain", a large pile of
serpentine and other stone rubble from the construction of various Robert Moses
highway projects. It affords a wonderful 360° view of the surrounding
A few details on the juvenile Pomarine Jaeger at Lasalle Park on the Buffalo
waterfront this afternoon (17 Oct):
The bird was initially observed flying in towards the small slip area just
off the south end of the park and spent about 2 minutes heavily harassing a
Ring-billed Gull before sitting on
The Queens County Bird Club Inc. will be meeting
at the Alley Pond Environmental Center
228-06
Northern
Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362-1906
http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm
at 8pm on Wednesday *October 19th* { the third Wednesday of the
month}
10/17/11 - Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Pocantico Hills, NY
Time: 2 to 6pm
Observers: Andrew Block
6 Canada Geese
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawks
1 American Kestrel
7 Mourning Doves
3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpeckers
2 Pileated Woodpeckers
3 Northern
Hi all,
My father Frank and I took a short walk this evening at the
Marshlands. We didn't see either of the previously reported birds, but
unexpectedly we flushed a 1st fall plumage Connecticut Warbler along the
field path. The bird came up from the grass and flushed into an overhanging
b
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* October 17, 2011
* NYSY 10:17.11
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
October 10, 2010 - October 17, 2011
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (
Hi all,
A quick note - during a late morning/midday bird walk at Marshlands
Conservancy in Rye, NY today, we had the good fortune to find a
CACKLING GOOSE in a passing flock of 55 Canada Geese. The flock was
moving west-southwest toward Mamaroneck, NY, last we saw it.
The other avian highlight of
October 17 - Jim Pawlicki and I saw a Pomarine Jaegar at LaSalle Park in
Buffalo at 1:48 PM and again at 3:05 PM. La Salle Park is about two mile
south of the Peace Bridge. There were also 300 Double-crested Cormorants, 2
American Black Ducks, and a Common Tern.
Near the north end of Squ
